政府创新扩散视角下的电子政务发展——基于中国省级政府的实证研究

应用并发展政府创新和政策扩散理论，采用2004-2009年中国省级面板数据，对电子政务发展水平的影响因素进行实证研究。研究发现，政府资源和能力、公众需求、区域环境特征等内部因素与电子政务发展显著正相关，区域扩散效应也对电子政务产生显著正向影响；与预期相反，中央压力对省级政府电子政务发展没有显著正向影响。

The Development of E-government from the Perspective of Government Innovation Diffusion: An Empirical Study on Chinese Provincial Governments

The policy diffusion literature argues that both internal attributes and external diffusion factors contribute to innovation adoption.Using panel data(2004-2009) of Chinese provinces,the author provides empirical evidences to test several hypothesis from the policy diffusion perspective.The results show that both intraprovincial attributes and interprovincial diffusion effects matter for e-government.The author finds that resource and capacity,citizen demand and regional characteristics are positively associated with e-government,and regional diffusion effects are also significant.Contrary to the expectation,central mandate has not significant effects on provincial e-government development.